Kivalliq News - Feb. 16, 2022 Edition

ᑎᐅᕆᓐᔅ ᑐᑐ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑉᓗᒍ Hᐊᑭᕕᒡᔪᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᔭᓈᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ Kivalliq News WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022 Vol 28 No 8

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Keeping things running Nick Tattuinee mugs for the camera while making sure Rankin Inlet’s roads are clear Monday, Feb. 7. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

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ᒪᓕᖕᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᑎ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᑉᓗᓂ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥ Iglu Donairs-ᒥ Northern News Services

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓄᑦ, ᔮᓐ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᒪᓕᒍᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᕝᕕᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᑉᓗᓂ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. “ᐃᒃᐸᒃᓴᖅ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᐃᒐᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᑉᓗᓂ Iglu Donairs-ᒥ, ᓂᕆᕝᕕᒃᑖᓵᖓ ᐊᒡᓂᒍ ᐃᒍ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒥᒃ. “ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᒪᓕᒍᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕋ. ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᐊᓗᒃ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ.” ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓃᕈᒫᓕᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᒥᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔨᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 12 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ. ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᕋᒥ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᒃᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ, ᐆᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ. “ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓚᒃᑲᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ. “ᓂᕆᕝᕕᒃᑖᖅᑳᕐᓇᖓ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑳᖓᑕ donair-ᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕋᒪ (ᐅᕙᓂ).”

Donair-ᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖓ, ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ pizza, ᐸᑦᑕᐃᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓛᖅᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ, burger, ᐅᓲᔮᖅᑐᑦ,

poutine, nachos ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ.

“Hᐊᑭᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᒃᐸᑕ, ᐱᓕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᖃᑦᑕᓕᕈᒫᕐᒥᔪᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᓯᒪᒐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᒐᔪᒃᓯᒪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑲᒥ. ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖅᑐᖃᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕈᒫᕐᒥᔪᖅ – ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᒐᒥ $9,000-ᒥ $12,000-ᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᑉᓗᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᒃᓴᒥᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᕕᓕᐲᒃᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᒐᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ.”

Iglu Donairs ᓂᕆᕝᕕᓕᐊᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᖃᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᓂᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔭᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᐅᑉᓗᕈᒥᑕᕐᓇᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒍᒥᑕᕐᓇᒥᓗ ᐱᓕᕇᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑉᓛᕈᒥᑕᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒡᓗᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ. ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᐃᒐᔪᒪᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒐᔪᓂᒃ. “ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᓂ ᐃᓚᓐᓈᓂᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᖕᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. “ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᒍᑦ.”

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ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᖏᑎᒋᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᑦ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᖑᑕᐅᓲᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᔮᓐ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ $12,000-ᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ.

This much meat doesn’t last long, said John Niakrok.

He invested upwards of $12,000 into his new restaurant.

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Breakdown by community: Kugluktuk: 2 Arctic Bay: 1 Pangnirtung: 11 Arviat: 18 Naujaat: 2 Baker Lake: 23 Qikiqtarjuaq: 3 Cambridge Bay: 24 Rankin Inlet: 43 Coral Harbour: 13 Resolute Bay: 15 Iglulik: 42 Sanikiluaq: 12 Iqaluit: 168 Sanirajak: 16 Kinngait: 15 Taloyoak: 43 Kugaaruk: 16 Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᖄᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ

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Several uluit in a wide variety of styles. The community wellness department in Rankin Inlet will be hosting an ulu-making workshop for men beginning Feb. 16. File photo courtesy of Isabell Mickiyuk

Ulu-making class announced

Rankin Inlet The community wellness department in Rankin Inlet announced an ulu-making class for men.

A local Elder will teach groups of up to five people each, spread across three age groups, how to make a traditional ulu.

The age groups are 15 to 21, 22 to 35 and 36 and up.

Classes begin Feb. 16 for the lowest age group.

For more information, contact community wellness coordinator Christina Best at 867-645-2895 ext. 1006.

Funding available for education and recreation

Baker Lake The Kivalliq Inuit Association announced the Baker Lake Education and Recreation fund last week, available only to Inuit residents of the community.

Contributions do not have to be repaid and are available up to $1,000 per individual application and $5,000 for groups.

Applicants must contribute 10 per cent of the total purchase cost. Eligible initiatives include sport equipment, artisan tools, sports events, travel on the land, attending workshops, tuition, course materials and more.

More information is available at KIA’s website.

Program extended to 2025

Kivalliq A Kivalliq Wildlife Board program spearheaded by research coordinator Clayton Tartak has received an extension until 2025.

The program tracks marine and caribou patterns around the Kivalliq, including a particular interest in the decline of ringed seal populations.

All the research and data collected through the program is owned by the wildlife board.

Work is also underway on an animated video that will sum up a large catalogue of literature in a more digestible format.

Agnico, Kirkland complete merger

Kivalliq Agnico Eagle Mines and Kirkland Lake Gold announced the completion of their merger Feb. 8.

The combined company will continue as Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and hold the same stock listing ticker of AEM. Agnico issued approximately 209 million common shares to former Kirkland Lake Gold shareholders as consideration for their shares.

At the opening of markets on Feb. 8, the new Agnico Eagle held a market capitalization of approximately US$22.4 billion.

Agnico Eagle’s reconstituted board of directors now consists of Leona Aglukkaq, Sean Boyd Executive Chair, Martine Celej, Robert Gemmell, Jonathan Gill, Peter Grosskopf, Arnold Klassen, Elizabeth Lewis-Gray, Anthony Makuch (CEO), Deborah McCombe, Jeffrey Parr, J. Merfyn Roberts and Jamie Sokalsky.

ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱᐅᑉ ᓴᑭᖓ, ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕈᔾᔩᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐅᖁᕈᓐᓇᖅᓴᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᐃᖓᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᖏᓪᓗ. ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ 30 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑳᑎ ᓇᓗᓕᐅᖅᑲᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. “ᒫᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋᐊᓗᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᑯᓗᒃᑲ ᐃᓚᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ. “ᓴᑭᒐ ᑲᒥᒃᑖᕐᕕᒌᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕋᑉᑯ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐃᒐ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᒃᑲᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᓇᓗᑉᓗᖓ.” ᑭᖑᓂᖃᓈᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᑭᖓᑕ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕋᓱᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᓂᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᓴᑭᖓᑕᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᖃᔫᑦᑕᖅ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᐅᑉ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᐅᑉ ᓄᑲᖓ ᒪᕆ ᓇᑦᑕ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᒡᒐᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᕐᒥ, ᑕᓕᕐᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᑭᑎᒋᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᒃᓗᒃᑖᖅ. “ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐳᐃᒍᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒡᒐᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᖅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᒥᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ, ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᓕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᒥᓕᕆᓂᖅ. “ᐆᒃᑐᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᕐᓂᒃ, 100%-ᒥᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ. “ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᕿᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᖢᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐲᔭᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕌᖓᑕ, ᐃᕙᓗᙳᐊᑦ ᐲᔭᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᖢᖓᓗ.” ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᔪᖃᖅᐸᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᓱᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓴᑐᐃᓐᓇᙱᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᐊᓂᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᕆᐊᓕᒃ. ᖃᓗᔾᔭᐅᑉ ᓇᑦᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓯᒪᖕᒥᔭᖓ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᖏᑦᑕ ᓈᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑑᓂᐅᔪᑦ, ᑕᖅᓴᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᓲᖅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᒃᖢᑎᒋᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᖑᑦ – ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒎᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ. ᑲᒦᓪᓕ, ᑲᒥᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒻᒪᕌᖓᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐲᔭᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ. “ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐲᔭᐃᖁᔨᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᑕᒻᒪᕌᖓᒪ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᖕᒪᑦ, ᒥᖅᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᑉᓗᒥ, ᒥᖅᓱᖃᑦᑕᓕᕋᑉᑕ ᑐᐊᕕᐊᓗᒃ.” ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ, ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᙱᒥᒃ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᖁᓇᒍ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᓕᕌᖓᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖓᓄᙵᐅᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᐊᓛᓕᔭᙱᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᐃᒪᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᙱᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᐅᑐᙱ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᑭᓪᓕᑎᓲᖅ. ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᓱᒋᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᓕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ. “ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖓ ᓱᓕ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᒦᑦ ᕿᓯᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖕᒪᑕ.” ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᕙᒃᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᒪᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᒡᒐᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᑲᑕᖃᑦᑕᕋᒥ ᒥᖅᓱᕈᑎᔭᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ. ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕈᔾᔨᒐᔪᒃᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕋᔪᙱᑦᑐᖅ – ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᔪᒥᓂᒥ ᒥᖅᓲᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᒋᓪᓚᕆᒃᑲᒥᒋᑦ. ᐸᓂᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓇᑉᑭᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᕌᖓᑕ “ᐆᒥᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᕈᑎᙵ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ. “ᐸᓂᒐ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓯᒪᔭᕋ, ‘ᑐᒃᓯᕋᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᖃᑦᑕᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ. ᐱᔾᔪᔾᔭᐅᔪᒪᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ.’ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑕ. ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐸᓂᒐ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᕋ, ‘ᐅᓇ ᑕᑯᒍᒃ, ᑕᐅᑐᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖕᒪᖔᕐᒪ, ᑕᑯᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ, ᐃᕙᓗᙳᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᕋ ᑕᑯᒍᒃ, ᑕᑯᒍᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐆᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑉᑯ.” ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᑭᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᔾᔭᐅᒐᔪᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. “ᐃᕐᓂᓂ ᑎᒍᐊᑯᓗᓂ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᓪᓚᑦᑖᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ, ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒡᓗ ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

Cathy Towtongie and her daughter are seen here more than 20 years ago in a full caribou outfit her mother-in-law made for her. Photo courtesy of Cathy Towtongie

ᑲᒦᒃ ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱᐅᑉ ᐱᐊᓂᓵᖅᑕᖏᒃ ᐅᑯᐊᖓᑕ ᑲᒪᒃᓴᖏᑦ.

Kamiks Cathy Towtongie finished for her daughter-in-law. Photo courtesy of Cathy Towtongie

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For the third straight year, the Terence Tootoo Memorial hockey tournament was cancelled.

The organizing committee cited Covid-19 safety and capacity restrictions as the reasons why.

It’s not just a hockey tournament that was cancelled.

It was connections, new and old memories, reunions, practice, inspiration, professional development and so much more.

How many would-be Jordin Tootoos have lost years of development due to arena closures and Covid-19 rules? That loss of development could well be what breaks the potential for a player to take it to the next level.

How many workers have seen their skills degrade and professional development lapse after being sent home time and time again?

How many people have lost their work ethic and motivation?

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A survivor’s welcome

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partying or getting into all sorts of other trouble, of course.

Besides, what’s not traditional about engaging in healthy competition and making connections with each other across the territory?

By the same token, it’s remarkable how many entrepreneurs the Kivalliq has seen during the pandemic.

We profiled Silu’s Taxi and Northern Smiles Dental Clinic previously, and the latest business to open in Rankin Inlet is Iglu Donairs.

It was serendipitous for Tigumiaq Haqpi to say in our Street Talk that the one thing Rankin Inlet needed was a delivery restaurant, because John Niakrok at Iglu Donairs is bringing exactly that.

This editorial may sound pessimistic about the state of the world under Covid-19 restrictions, but evidently, some illustrious individuals have seen opportunity through the haze. That is cause for not just celebration, but inspiration.

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Q: What business or service does Rankin Inlet need?

Jason Panikaladjuak “A 7/11-style 24-hour convenience store.”

Chris Eetuk “More taxis.”

Tigumiaq Haqpi “Takeout delivery.”

Christopher Shamee “Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

Tumi Anawak “Cellphone shop.”

Gloria Anawak “Place to repair electronics.”

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Ernie Eetuk, left, received this welcome home sign from John Arnalukjuak High School upon returning to Arviat with his wife, Angelina. Photo courtesy of Angelina Eetuk

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Ernie Eetuk received this welcome home sign from John Arnalukjuak High School upon returning to Arviat with his wife, Angelina. Eetuk spent five days trapped in a blizzard in early De-

cember before being medevaced to Winnipeg, where he had both hands amputated due to frostbite. Angelina stayed by his side during his recovery and the two finally returned home in early February.

Eetuk is still waiting for his prosthetic arms.

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ᐅᖓᓯᒌᒡᔫᒥᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᔭᐸᑖᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᓇᓴᕐᓂᒡᓗ, ᐳᐊᓗᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑯᕐᕋᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᒃᑐᒥ, ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 7-ᒥ.

Being mindful of social distancing, Rankinmiut made their way past tables stocked with parkas, hats, mitts and other cold weather gear at the Ikurraq Food Bank Society’s community giveaway Monday, Feb. 7.

Photo courtesy of Sally Cormier-Ittinuar

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᖁᕈᓐᓇᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑯᕐᕋᖅ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕐᕕᒃ 100-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᓯᓚ ᓂᒡᓕᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᑎᓪᓗᒍ Northern News Services

ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᒡᓕᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᑯᕐᕋᖅ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᔭᐸᓂᒃ, ᐳᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ, ᑲᒫᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᔭᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑭᖃᙱᖦᖢᒋᑦ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖁᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᖃᖁᒐᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᒫᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓵᓕ ᑯᐊᒥᐅᕐ– ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᑲᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓇᒥ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᔾᔭᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᓕᕋᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᒃᐸᑦ, ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 7-ᒥ.

300 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒡᒑᑦ, 100 ᖁᖓᓯᕈᑏᑦ, 100 ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᔭᐸᐃᑦ, 60 ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᔭᐸᐃᑦ, 50 ᑲᒫᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ

ᐃᓚᓐᓈᕐᒥᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐅᒃᑯᐊᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᑐᐊᕐᒪᑕ 3:00-ᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓐᓄᑲᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓂᖓᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᔭᐸᐃᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑉᓘᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᓴᐃᑦ ᖁᖓᓯᕈᑏᓪᓗ, ᐊᒥᓱᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ. “ᐊᒥᓲᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑯᐊᕐᒥᐅᕐ– ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓂᕋᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ. “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, “ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ.’ ‘ᔭᐸᖃᓕᖅᑐᖓ, ᓄᑕᖅᑲᒃᑲ ᐊᓃᖃᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᔭᒃᑲ.’ ‘ᐃᕐᓂᕋ ᐃᒃᑮᖃᑦᑕᔾᔮᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᖅ.”’ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑯᐊᕐᒥᐅᕐ–ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ: “’ᖁᔭᓕᓂᕋᖅᑐᑦ’ ᖁᔭᓕᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ.” ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.

ᓵᓕ ᑯᐊᕐᒥᐅᕐ–ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᑯᕐᕋᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥᓗ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒎᖅ ᔭᐸᐃᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑉᓘᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ.

Sally Cormier-Ittinuar, coordinator with the Ikurraq Food Bank Society, said every single parka was gone by the end of the day. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

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Terence Tootoo memorial tournament cancelled again Third straight year that Covid suspends iconic Rankin event

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Rankin Inlet

For the third year in a row, the Terence Tootoo Memorial hockey tournament has been cancelled.

“We don’t want to have a tournament without fans,” said Troy Aksalnik, co-chairperson of the tournament committee, noting the number of Covid cases in the territory.

“The players love to have fans in the rink, and this town is just a crazy hockey town.”

It’s been since 2019 when the last Terence Tootoo Memorial tournament was held. The tournament is named in memory of Jordin Tootoo’s brother Terence, who died by suicide in 2002.

“We’re kind of getting used to it,” said Aksalnik about Covid hampering plans once again. “It’s out of our control.

There’s nothing we could really do about it. Safety of the players and the fans especially are our first concern.”

Last year, Rankin Inlet held a local tournament in lieu of the Tootoo memorial, and Aksalnik said that is still on the table between end of March and early April.

Aksalnik also coaches minor hockey, where his group of 50 youth are currently split into two, as only 25 are allowed on the ice for practice, due to Covid rules.

“The kids want to play against each other, and all you can do is practise,” he said, adding that the lack of game time also hampers professional development.

“When you can’t play, you can’t get better,” he said. “You can practise all you want but you need to get into game situations.”

He’s hopeful the Tootoo memorial can finally be held in the new Agnico Eagle Arena in 2023.

“I just hope this could all go away and we could get back to normal life and have all the tournaments that Rankin has every year,” said Aksalnik.

The last Terence Tootoo Memorial hockey tournament was back in March 2019, as seen here. Covid has shut down the iconic Rankin Inlet event for three years running and it has yet to be held in the new Agnico Eagle Arena. Photo courtesy of the Terence Tootoo Memorial tournament committee

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Chasing a tasty dream

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 A7

Rankin Inlet man quits GN to open Iglu Donairs

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Rankin Inlet

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓛᓐᓈᒥᓄᓪᓗ, ᔮᓐ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᓂᕆᔪᒪᔭᑉᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ Iglu Donairs-ᒥ.

With the support of family and friends, John Niakrok is ready to take your orders at Iglu Donairs. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

ᔮᓐ ᓂᐊᖁᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᖅ 12-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔨᒋᔭᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒍᓐᓇᕈᒪᑉᓗᓂ. ᓂᕆᕝᕕᒃᑖᖓ, Iglu Donairs, ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒡᓂᒍ ᐃᒍ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒥ.

John Niakrok quit his stable government job after 12 years to follow a dream. His new restaurant, Iglu Donairs, is now open in the Agnico Eagle Arena. Stewart Burnett/ NNSL photo

With the support of those around him, John Niakrok has taken a leap of faith by quitting his government job to chase a dream of opening his own restaurant in Rankin Inlet.

“Yesterday was my last day with the Government of Nunavut,” said Niakrok while prepping at Iglu Donairs, his new restaurant in the Agnico Eagle Arena.

“I made that choice to pursue my dream. It’s an exciting, big step.”

Two weeks earlier, he handed in his resignation as a corrections supervisor at the Rankin Inlet Healing Facility. He had been working for the government for more than 12 years.

When the opportunity came up for the restaurant spot in the arena last fall, he bid and won it.

“I had a lot of support from my family,” said Niakrok.

“Before I got this canteen, every other week I would sell donairs at my place. The demand was high. I know they like donairs (here).”

In addition to donairs, Niakrok will be offering all sorts of arena food, including pizzas, fries, homemade burgers, hot dogs, poutines, nachos and more.

“Once we start going back to normal with tournaments, it’s going to be busy,” he said, adding that he was pleasantly surprised with how sales were going already.

He’ll need those sales, too – Niakrok spent about $9,000 to $12,000 on preparing the business for customers, including a trip to Winnipeg to buy kitchen gear.

“It costs money to start a business,” he said. “You’ve got to spend money to make money.”

He plans to differentiate Iglu Donairs from other restaurants in Rankin Inlet by offering later opening hours and delivery. He plans to be full-time for lunch and supper, plus brunch on the weekends.

Niakrok got his interest in cooking from his father and cooking shows.

“I’m excited,” he said, adding that his family and friends have supported him during the journey. “We’re excited.”

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Building a Team Nunavut for video games PubG tournament coming to the Kivalliq

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Kivalliq

Kivalliq youth who excel at online gaming, now’s your time to shine.

The Nunavut Gaming Society is hosting a territory-wide online tournament for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, with the Kivalliq portion coming up this weekend.

Beyond prizes for winning, the host society has a long-term vision and is looking to establish a team of players across Nunavut to practise together, compete in international gaming competitions and even get paid to play regularly.

“Especially with Covid and everything that’s happened in the world, we’re just trying to keep (youth) occupied,” said Valter Botelho-Resendes of Aliak Consulting, whose organization was also responsible for development of Cambridge Bay’s digital makerspace, which opened last fall.

The tournament, for players ages 14 to 30, has been making its way through Nunavut region-by-region. Upward of 55 youth played in the Cambridge Bay event, with about 100 in the Kitikmeot, and Botelho-Resendes expected the Baffin portion Feb. 12 and 13 to be the biggest yet. On Feb. 19 and 20, it will be the Kivalliq’s turn.

Afterward, Botelho-Resendes is hoping to have a top player from every community in the territory join to form a Nunavut team.

He said the reason PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – better known to some as PubG – was chosen for the first tournament is because it’s popular among Nunavut youth and is relatively less intensive on internet needs, which is always a challenge in the North.

He explained that the challenge is latency, which means how fast data travels over the internet, not so much the consumption of data.

“In Nunavut, we’re getting anywhere between 400 to 700 latency, which is really high,” he said.

For top players, he hopes to secure funding to provide them with LTE modems so they have better accessibility and can compete without too many disadvantages against southern gamers.

“We hope to then be able to travel to live tournaments,” he

Cambridge Bay’s makerspace, organized by Aliak Consulting, opened last fall, allowing youth to gather and explore technology with each other. The Nunavut Gaming Society, also organized by Aliak Consulting, is hosting an online tournament to connect youth across the territory and create a team of top gamers. Photo courtesy of Nunavut Gaming Society said, once the Nunavut team is ready and Covid allows. “That’s the end goal.”

Though he’s been happy with how the tournaments and feedback have gone so far, Botelho-Resendes said there has been some criticism about the initiative.

“There are some community members that haven’t been happy with what we’re doing,” he said. “They feel that some of the youth should be out hunting and that sort of thing, and we’re not taking away from that. They’re already playing this, and some of them are really good.”

The world has changed, people can work remotely and youth should be able to as well, he added. These tournaments and the Nunavut team can help get southern companies’ eyes on the North and potentially create job opportunities for the youth.

“A lot of gamers end up going on to jobs like testing, IT sup-

port, security,” he said.

The goal is to mentor the youth and help them find new career opportunities.

“Initially, it’s about video games and getting them connected,” said Botelho-Resendes.

He even wants to eventually find funding to pay Nunavut youth to become professional gamers for a certain number of hours per week, as is seen with top gamers in the south.

“I’d like to see them get paid as they would a normal job,” he said.

That would further reinforce youths’ responsibility toward each other to be ready and prepared when game time with their team comes, he added.

For full details of the upcoming Kivalliq tournament and how to register, check out Nunavut Gaming Society on Facebook.

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Threads through generations

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 A9

ᔭᔅᑕᓐ ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᖅ, ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱᐅᑉ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖓ, ᐊᑐᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᓯᖕᒥᒃ ᔭᐸᒥᒃ ᑳᑎᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂᒃ.

Cathy Towtongie continuing skills passed down to her

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Kivalliq

Cathy Towtongie’s mother-in-law, Nakashuk Towtongie, used to always sew for her, making sure she and her young family stayed warm at all times.

So when she passed away some 30-odd years ago, Cathy was at a loss.

“All of a sudden, I was faced with a growing family,” said Towtongie. “I would always get kamiks from her, and my husband and my children traditional outfits, and I did not know how to sew.”

She missed the warmth of her mother-inlaw’s traditional sewing, so she took up the craft herself to replace that new hole in her life.

Fortunately, her biological mother-in-law, Louisa Kaludjak, and Kaludjak’s younger sister Marie Nattar stepped in to train Towtongie.

They taught her how to use her hand, knuckles, fists and forearms for measurements.

“Things you don’t forget,” said Towtongie, who still measures by hand and custom fits any clothing she makes to the person because of that.

She learned how to make caribou outfits with the proper rules, of which there are many when it comes to the skin.

“When you start to cut the skin, you have to be 100-per-cent perfect,” said Towtongie.

“You can’t just cut any old way. I used to cry when I would sew something and they would undo the whole thing, take all the threads off, start again.”

Even a tiny hole would mean she had to start over, because it meant the wind could get in, and more than any fashion or art, traditional clothing had to be of the highest survival quality.

The pair of Kaludjak and Nattar also taught Towtongie about the white stomach of the caribou, used for designs to show how rich a man

is – not in terms of money, but in his ability to provide for his family and others.

For kamiks, the teachings were equally specific, and anything done wrong was undone.

“They would tell me you have to take all the thread out,” she said. “That was the way of teaching, for their specific type of sewing.

Today, we sew like we’re running out of time.”

Before her passing, Nakashuk used to advise Towtongie to disconnect if she was sewing something important, to go to the cabin and not let any cell phone or person distract her.

Towtongie is humble. She doesn’t think she is the best, and she looks up to several seamstresses in the Kivalliq. Two women Towtongie also credits with helping pass on these skills over the years were Amagoalik Nutaraluuk and Monica Sateana.

“I’m still learning today,” she said. “Every skin is different.”

Many people ask her for patterns, but she doesn’t tend to share them, because she uses her hand measurements specific to the person she is sewing for.

She spends much of her time sewing for family, but she rarely sells anything – only if she needs some upgraded sewing gear, and she admits that a high-quality German-made sewing machine is one of her weaknesses.

Now she’s continuing to pass on the tradition to her daughter.

“I don’t like young girls saying, ‘Make this for me,’” said Towtongie. “I told her, ‘Don’t beg. Don’t ask other people to do it for you.’

That’s not the way our people were. They were dependent on themselves. I said to my daughter, ‘Look at this, look at how I’m doing this, look at how I’m stitching, look at the thread I’m using, look at the cut.’”

She will forever remember her mother-in-law and how spoiled she was to know her.

“She truly loved her adopted son, and really loved me,” she said.

ᑲᒦᒃ ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱᐅᑉ ᐱᐊᓂᓵᖅᑕᖏᒃ ᐅᑯᐊᖓᑕ ᑲᒪᒃᓴᖏᑦ.

Kamiks Cathy Towtongie finished for her daughter-in-law. Photo courtesy of Cathy Towtongie

Justin Issarkiak, Cathy Towtongie’s grandson, models a sealskin jacket she made. Photo courtesy of Cathy Towtongie

Keeping Rankinmiut warm

A10 Wednesday, February 16, 2022

ᓵᓕ ᑯᐊᕐᒥᐅᕐ–ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᑯᕐᕋᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥᓗ, ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᓵᖅᑐᒥ, ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 7-ᒥ.

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Sally Cormier-Ittinuar, coordinator with the Ikurraq Food Bank Society, displays some of the winter clothing available during a community giveaway Monday, Feb. 7. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

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ᐋᓪᓕᕋᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ 100-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓴᐃᑦ, ᐊᒡᒑᑦ, ᖁᖓᓯᕈᑏᑦ, ᑲᒫᓗᐃᑦ, ᔭᐸᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ.

Ikurraq Food Bank Society gives away hundreds of clothing items during cold spell

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Rankin Inlet

During a winter of extreme cold, the Ikurraq Food Bank Society gave out a community hall full of parkas, mitts, boots and other cold-weather gear, all for free.

“We want everybody to have a warm parka or warm boots for the rest of winter,” said Sally Cormier-Ittinuar, coordinator with the food bank.

A lot of people donated clothing over the Christmas holidays, she said, and more dropped off items specifically for the giveaway Monday, Feb. 7.

Upwards of 300 hats and gloves, 100 scarves, 100 adult parkas,

60 children’s parkas, 50 pairs of boots and more were available for residents to take as they pleased, no matter if they were picking up something for themselves or a family or friend.

As soon as doors opened at 3 p.m., the community hall was filled to legal capacity, and people continually flooded in during the opening.

All the parkas were gone by the end of the day, only leaving some hats and scarves left, as there were so many.

“There was quite a big crowd,” said Cormier-Ittinuar, adding that she heard many appreciative comments.

“A lot of, ‘Thank you so much.’ ‘I have a parka, now I can go out and play with my children.’ ‘My son will be warm now.’”

That’s why Cormier-Ittinuar and volunteers do it, she said: “A ‘thank you’ means everything to us.”

She hopes to make the giveaway an annual event.

Tables line the community hall with hundreds of hats, gloves, scarves, boots, parkas and more cold-weather gear. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

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Patterson resigns from Conservative caucus

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 A11

Any association with ‘abhorrent, racist, white-supremacist, lawless hooligans’ at trucker protest is a deal-breaker for Nunavut senator

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Nunavut

Some governing members of the Conservative party are wrong to support the truckers protest in Ottawa known as the “Freedom Convoy,” according to Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson.

He feels so strongly about it that he served notice on Feb. 4 that he’s leaving the Conservative caucus to join the Canadian Senators Group, which votes independently.

Patterson expressed concern over “some of the hateful and divisive rhetoric that we (Conservatives) seem to be associated with currently through some of our spokespersons and even leadership.” He cited “repugnant” hateful utterances and symbols and the desecration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which he believes is the work of “extremists” who have taken control of the raucous demonstration in Ottawa that has left downtown streets gridlocked.

“I feel that it was important to take a principled stand, calling out the … abhorrent, racist, white-supremacist, lawless hooligans in the socalled Freedom Convoy,” said Patterson. “I am in total disagreement with any association with that group.”

He has been fielding numerous calls and emails from Nunavummiut who are worried about their young adult children attending school in Ottawa, relatives fearful of what might happen to their loved ones receiving medical treatment, and the plight of homeless Inuit in the nation’s capital

while the “hostage-taking” – as Patterson called it – of downtown Ottawa persists as the truckers and others rebel against vaccine mandates and pandemic public health restrictions.

Nunavut’s pandemic measures The senator gave a ringing endorsement of the way that the pandemic has been handled in Nunavut, praising chief public health officer (CPHO) Dr. Michael Patterson – “no relation” – in particular, and Nunavut’s leadership for following the CPHO’s guidance.

Being tripled vaccinated himself, he said he fully supports vaccine mandates and wishes Conservative party leadership would also stand firmly behind inoculations.

At the same time, he said he recognizes how much of a strain Covid-19 has created for Nunavummiut.

“No doubt, people are suffering greatly from this seemingly sometimes endless pandemic and the impact of the lockdown, the anxiety and fears and mental health pressures that we’re all feeling,” he said, noting that he is admittedly nervous about travelling because he is elderly and immunocompromised.

Iqaluit water crisis With residents of Nunavut’s capital twice having their consumption of tap and tanked water interrupted due to the presence of hydrocarbons over the past few months, Patterson said he leaves it to the municipality and the territorial government to resolve the “distress-

“ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᑕᐃᓯᓂᕐᒥ … ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᓂ , ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂ , ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ - ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᓱᒋᔪᓂ , ᒪᓕᒐᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᐸᔅᓲᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎ ᑕᓂᔅ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ, ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓐᓲᕕᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ . 4 –ᒥ .

“I feel that it was important to take a principled stand, calling out the … abhorrent, racist, white-supremacist, lawless hooligans in the so-called Freedom Convoy,” says Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson, who left the Conservative caucus on Feb. 4. Photo courtesy of Dennis Patterson

ing” problem in the short-term.

However, he said he’s working on gaining political support for the infrastructure improvements required to avoid future water crises in Iqaluit.

Ensuring an adequate water supply for Iqaluit’s growing population is a pressing concern, he acknowledged.

He’s working on a pre-budget submission to the federal government to address the “basic right we should have to clean water.”

“The sad reality is that most of our hamlets, most of our municipalities are still out of compliance with basic water standards established by the water board and the federal government,” he said.

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